FONTANA, CA, NOV. 27, 2014 – San Bernardino County firefighters responded to a second-alarm fire at a pallet yard at 9:55 P.M. Upon arrival, firefighters found numerous stacks of pallets, some as high as 30 feet, encompassing about four acres, fully engulfed in fire. Initial reports stated there were explosions coming from within the pallet yard. Within 2½ hours, firefighters from San Bernardino County and Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Rialto, Upland and San Bernardino City had the fire under control. The explosions were found to be coming from propane tanks and acetylene cylinders. The destroyed the pallet yard, including a workshop, as well as several tractor-trailers and damaged a home and a tire company. The preliminary loss was estimated at over $3 million, but firefighters saved more than $2 million in property and contents. San Bernardino County Fire Inmate Hand Crew 15-2 and a county fire dozer responded for overhaul and mop-up operations.
Photo by Tod Sudmeier
NEW ORLEANS, LA, DEC. 12, 2014 – Firefighters responded at midnight to a two-alarm fire in a one-story vacant structure that was fully involved on arrival of first-due Squrt 27. The building later collapsed.
Photo by Chris E. Mickal
RED OAK, NC, DEC. 7, 2014 – Fire departments from Red Oak, West Mount and Nashville and Nash County EMS units responded to a fire in a farmhouse. Responding units were given an update that the farmer may have re-entered the burning building. First-in units from Red Oak reported a working fire in a one-story frame house located about 3,000 feet off a main road. Firefighters made a quick check and found that the occupant had exited the building. The first line was stretched to the B/C section, where heavy fire was showing, for a quick exterior attack while other firefighters stretched two lines to the A and B sectors. A quick exterior knockdown let firefighters make an interior attack and control the fire in about 30 minutes.
Photo by Bob Bartosz
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